[irish oatmeal chocolate chip cookies]

While perusing my new favorite grocery store, Trader Joe’s, I came across this sweet canister of Irish oatmeal. Satisfied with the retro aluminum can [my mind was already busy figuring out other uses for it once empty] I added it to my bounty and went on my merry way.

Last night I set about making a batch of chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with my new purchase. I’d never seen Irish oats before, much less cooked with them, so I assumed they were the same as Quaker’s. Ah-hem, I was wrong:

This is how they appear cooked. I think they look more like rice than oatmeal but I was determined to see how they tasted in the cookie so I forged ahead. I found a way to use them in place of the “rolled oats” the recipe called for – in my case the recipe asked for 3/4 cup rolled oats so I placed 3/4 cup cold water and 3/4 cup Irish oatmeal in a pot and brought to a boil. Once cooled, I continued with the recipe as usual.

3/4 cup rolled oats [to use Irish oatmeal, use the method I described above. you just need to pre-cook it a bit because it's starchier than rolled oats]

1/2 cup milk chocolate chips

1/2 cup white chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 F [175 C]. Lightly grease cookie sheets.

In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until smooth [you don't need a mixer. i hand-mixed with a spatula]. Stir in the egg and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, stir into the creamed mixtute. Finally, stir in the oats and chocolate chips. Drop by tablespoons onto the cookie sheets.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. [My oven completely ignores things like temperature settings and is a blazing inferno no matter what the set degree, therefore my cookies were done in 7 minutes. Keep an eye on them, they'll burn quickly.]Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks. Makes around 18 cookies.

So how did they taste ??
They looked like they were full of fiber.
I really like the retro label on the can.
Where did you get the recipe ?
Send me some cookies…
Also who stepped on your stick of butter with the ski boot ?
Excellent photo’s. My compliments to the photographer.

They were awesome!!!! Wish you could have tried some fresh out of the oven!
I adapted the recipe from one off my favorite site, allrecipes.com [I made a couple changes to it]. I like that you can adjust the recipes based on the number of servings you want and plus you can search for recipes by ingredients based on what you have on hand in the cupboard.
LOL about the ski boots.
As for the photos, let’s just say I inherited my artistic skills from my talented, wonderful parents!